Russian ruble supported by local tax payments and rising oil prices were little changed Friday before the speech of the Chairman of the fed Jerome Powell. At 11.35 GMT the ruble against the US dollar was 65,57. In relation to the Euro dropped 0.13% to 72.58. the Dollar jumped Friday amid expectations that Powell will deny the beginning of a long series of reductions in the cost of borrowing in the United States. Lower U.S. interest rates usually support assets in developing markets, including the Russian ruble. Analysts expect that on Friday, the ruble will remain in the range 65-65,5 against the dollar, but he might react to the speech Powell to the fed's Symposium in Jackson hole, Wyoming, later on Friday. It is expected that the ruble will receive...

Almost half of Russians support the initiative to reduce the working week, informs a portal for job search SuperJob. "Almost every second Respondent (49 percent) support the initiative. 31 percent against the reduction of the working week," says the study, which read "RG". While 20 percent of respondents were undecided. The survey was attended by 1,600 representatives of the economically active population of all districts of the country, analysts portal. the Russians were also asked what they would like to devote an extra day off. According to the responses received, 33 percent of Russians would have spent on socializing with family and children. One in five respondents plans to look for additional jobs in free time. To a plan, 16 percent of respondents...

Deciding whether to grant the client a loan in the amount of 10 thousand rubles and more, as well as whether to increase the credit card limit, banks from October 1, 2019 will be required to calculate the indicator of debt burden (PD) of the borrower. Interviewed by RBC largest banks on-to a miscellaneous estimate the changes that will take effect in a month. in June the regulator published a new scale of allowances according to the risk coefficients for consumer loans, which will depend on the rate of leverage of the borrower and the total cost of credit (PSK — annual interest paid by the borrower). Allowances range from 30 to 220% higher PD and PSK, the higher the risk factor. With PD controller wants to cool the market potrebkreditovaniya, which is...

Forbes Capital — new project for Forbes, which guests have become successful businessmen and investors. This time his rules of investing have shared with us one of the youngest venture capitalists of Russia, investment Director Mail.Ru Group Alexey Milevskiy. In its 29 years, Alexey Milevskiy is an investment Director of one of the largest technological holdings in Russia Mail.ru Group, responsible for M&A and venture capital investments. He participated in more than 20 transactions of the holding, a major Russian shareholder which are the structures of Alisher Usmanov and his partners. The amount of investment, which is controlled Milevsky, more than $400 million for Such a brilliant career has allowed the financier to get to the ranking of the most...

Almost every tenth Russian (about 9%) have lost considerable for a sum of money due to toll fraud, and every third (33%) admitted that he or his family encountered such fraud, the study of "Kaspersky Lab", the results of which have with RBC. However, only 4% of respondents have appealed to the law enforcement authorities in order to prosecute the robbers. the Survey was conducted in June 2019 company OMI on the order of "Kaspersky Lab". In the course of the study were interviewed 1 thousand Russians. "The survey representerait online-the population of Russia, primarily major cities. The survey was conducted among people aged 18-55 years. Residents were interviewed from all eight Federal districts of Russia", — said the representative of "virus". According...

Non-state pension funds (NPF) out of investments in stocks and sell large blocks of equity instruments, which were bought in previous years, before the reorganization of the Central Bank of a number of private banks. About it reports "Kommersant". So, NPF "the Future" has reduced its investments in the shares of "M. Video" to 4.9%, follows from the disclosure of the retailer. Reduced to 4,8% of investments in the shares of the NPF Safmar, according to data. Previously, investments in these securities, the Fund explained "by growth in the retail sector electronics", "sustainable financial performance" of the retailer, as well as "good growth potential" value of the shares. in addition to the shares of "M. Video" the funds that are included in the pension...

The Central Bank (CB) of the Russian Federation filed for bankruptcy LLC "RAM Bank", is spoken in materials of Arbitration court of Moscow. the Regulator's order dated July 26, withdrew from the credit institution the license to conduct banking operations. According to the Central Bank of Russia, the RAM, the Bank underestimated the size of reserves for possible losses on loan debt to hide their real financial situation. "Reflection in the financial reporting of accepted risks at the request of the Bank of Russia revealed a significant (over 20%) decline in capital of a credit institution that is a real threat to the interests of its creditors and depositors", — noted in the order. the Credit portfolio of the Bank of FRAMES was characterized by extremely...

Big banks one by one and reduce the price of loans for house purchase — rate reduced 18 of the 20 largest mortgage portfolio of credit institutions. But hurry with the mortgage is not worth it, experts warn: a good time, according to them, to buy a home yet to come. C beginning of August rates decreased in 18 of the top 20 banks largest mortgage portfolio, drew attention to "Vedomosti". Rates have reduced VTB, Sberbank, Russian agricultural Bank, Raiffeisenbank, Absolut Bank, Promsvyazbank, ROSBANK, "Otkrytie", Alfa-Bank, Vozrozhdenie and others. Only this week, the mortgage fell in URALSIB and Sviaz-Bank and Raiffeisenbank has lowered rates a second time in August. The average reduction in rates by 0.2–0.5 percent. In addition, the head of Absolut Bank is...

Public sector Wages, subject to the may decrees of President Vladimir Putin from 2012 in the first half of 2019 formally reach the target values for all categories of employees in only four regions of Russia. These were Leningrad and Penza region, Altai Krai and Chechen Republic. In all other Russian regions, the targets are not achieved in at least one of the 12 categories of public sector employees, showed the estimates of RBC on the basis of Rosstat data for the first half of 2019. the May decrees of Vladimir Putin was supposed to be completed in 2018, and the President in address to the Federal Assembly in February of this year has demanded from the regional authorities to sustain the achieved ratio of the wage of employees and average wage in the...

Debt Russians on mortgages topped seven trillion rubles, according to the research FinExpertiza. Such volumes of mortgage loans in the hands of the Russians was not. This amount is almost seven times more than in early 2010, and three times more than in early 2014. Only for the first half of 2019, the total volume of mortgages in Russia increased by 592,2 billion (+9,24%). With more than a third of the growth came from three regions. Heaviest mortgage portfolio grew in Moscow, Moscow suburbs and St.-Petersburg. So, in the capital the total amount of mortgage loans amounted to 822 billion rubles over six months, she rose to 98.6 billion. In the suburbs the amount of the mortgage portfolio amounted to 587,2 billion rubles over the six months it has increased...

Company Netcore Solutions Ltd (Cyprus) out of fear of not getting their money turned to the Central Bank report on the withdrawal by the beneficiary of the Bank BKF asset and a request for inspection, reports "Kommersant". As indicated in a letter to the regulator, ten years ago between Netcore Solutions Ltd and the Bank of BKF was contracted a subordinated loan of 11.15 million dollars, which expires in October. The Bank approached the company with a proposal to repay the debt on its balance sheet of apartments in the Crimea, plus $ 1 million. The lender is not satisfied. As stated in the letter, the owner of 88% of the Bank and Chairman of the Board of Directors Olga Mirimskaya ordered to withdraw all assets from the Bank. The company asks the Bank to...

The dollar on Mosbirzhe fixed below a mark of 66 rubles. A wave of positivity may still be a little to strengthen in the coming days the Russian currency to about 65 rubles to the dollar, analysts admit. But the ruble is now forced to grow one-time factors, so the sustainability of growth is unlikely to count. In the last two trading days the Russian currency has won back almost tangible losses incurred on Friday and Monday, when due to the significant demand for foreign currency, the dollar rose above $ 67 rubles. The strengthening of the ruble occurred against the background of the recovery in appetite for assets in developing countries and rising oil prices, indicates the chief analyst of PSB Dmitry Monastyrshin. Local support for the Russian currency...

International rating Agency Moody's Investors Service downgraded the forecast growth of the Russian GDP in 2019 from 1.6% to 1.2%. This is stated in the updated report of the Agency's Global Macro Outlook for 2019-2020. the Forecast for 2020 remained at the level of 1.5%. According to the forecast Moody's, in 2019, the inflation in Russia will amount to 4.6% and in 2020 — 4%. According to the report, the growth of the economy will affect other countries, including China, Australia, South Korea, India, Mexico, Brazil, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Germany and Italy. Analysts believe that the global economy in 2019 and 2020 will grow by 2.7%. Earlier experts of the market research Center of the issek "Higher school of Economics" (HSE) predicted in Russia, the...

More than half of mortgages last year had the Russians under 30 years of age is the maximum value since 2006, told "Izvestia" Deputy Minister of construction, housing and utilities Nikita Stasyshyn. He connects this trend with the introduction of incentive programs. Banks confirmed the growing interest of young people to loans for housing, stressing that the requirements for applicants for a loan have become loyal. According to experts, the figure illustrates the changes in the portrait of a generation: the Russians have more trust in the financial system and feel their professional relevance. However, the peak of housing loans has already passed, by the end of June 2019, the rate of growth of the mortgage portfolio of banks show a decrease. mortgage...

The Russian Central Bank has reduced the amount of claims to the shareholders of the Bank FK Otkrytiye PAO from the end of 2018 to 289,5 billion with 310,5 billion, according to the materials of the regulator seen by Reuters. At the end of December, the regulator has sent the claim to address the main shareholder of FC Discovery company Discovery holding company, from which it follows that the assessment of the damage from actions of the controlling shareholder is 310,5 billion. Damages the Central Bank calls the loss of profits from the funds that he placed in sanitized jars — the difference in rates between the interest rate and the key rate at the time of placement. In the claims indicate the amount allocated for support of Bank funds, relevant to 1...